Evolt E500 Olympus - Black / Blank LCD Screen

I have an Evolt E500 and the LCD Screen does not display anything! The backlight is on - when I power the camera on the screen gets a little brighter than when it is off and if you view it at tight angles you see more illumination. The camera still takes photographs, flashes etc but no display - very frustrating.

Any suggestions would be grateful.

P.S. The camera has been well used for a few years (proberbly not worth sending to olympus!) I have swapped similar screens in psps but can not find any info/part number for the E500 screen.

The camera captures pictures fine on memory card and these open on my pc. No info is displayed on the screen it is just black, it goes from Black(On) to Black(off) when I toggle lcd on/off.

I would replace but I can't find anywhere to get one from.The camera captures pictures fine on memory card and these open on my pc. No info is displayed on the screen it is just black, it goes from Black(On) to Black(off) when I toggle lcd on/off.

Yes, you have to press the info button to display onto the lcd panel. When this is pressed the panel changes from Black with backlight on to black with backlight off. I have browsed ebay but nothings available at the minute, I have found some olympus 2.5" screen but they are for a different model and I am not sure of compatibility.Yes, you have to press the info button to display onto the lcd panel. When this is pressed the panel changes from Black with backlight on to black with backlight off. I have browsed ebay but nothings available at the minute, I have found some olympus 2.5" screen but they are for a different model and I am not sure of compatibility.

So u are saying that ur camera is taking pics perfectly but u r unable to see them on lcd but u can see them on PC is that so then ur LCD is faulty offcourse is there any button to toggle lcd on/off if it doesnt help then my dear get it replaced

but if u can see some signs on lcd like info or something then my friend the problem is bigger than u think it is CCD failure

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Unfortunately with the EVOLT E-500 it does not have the capability for a live view LCD screen. You must shoot images using the viewfinder only. The newer Olympus SLR cameras now have both viewfinder and live view LCD.

Page 20 of your user manual manual explains about each time the INFO button is pressed while in shooting mode. The camera is not a live view LCD screen so after it shows you normal information and then detailed information if you press INFO button again the camera screen will shut itself off. To turn the screen on again you need to press INFO again. This is normal camera behavior.

I purchased a olympus evolt 510 - having problems taking picture in the dark. The camera will take 30 second to focus and sometimes will not take a picture at all. Also I find when I am in doors the camera will take a substantial amount of time to focus on an object this is specifically when the flash is in use. The flash seems to be adjusting flickering constantly. Seriously Annoying.